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Cool science makes itself fashionable
Tuesday, 12 April 2011, 9:38 am | sticK
Up till now dyeing a pattern on wool fabric has been a relative no-goer because bleeding of the dyes into each other ruined whatever picture you were trying to create. More >>
Thanks New Zealand, MusicHype heads to America's mother lode
Monday, 11 April 2011, 9:05 am | sticK
In an internet and social media oriented world, the traditional music label 'push' model is in what can only be described as a death spiral. Like it or not, at its core, recorded music is now essentially free. More >>
We won't call it picking winners, call it focused effort
Friday, 8 April 2011, 9:45 am | sticK
There's a very interesting 'occasional paper' that's just gone up on the MED website. By its name 'Enhancing Productivity: Towards an Updated Action Agenda' you wouldn't pick it to be a slightly subversive document. More >>
Letter to Hekia
Wednesday, 6 April 2011, 8:48 am | sticK
Dear Hekia, I'm sure you and your government colleagues will be pretty annoyed about the early and unexpected release of the revised (but not) 'New Zealand Energy Strategy'. More >>
Naturalness and smell key ingredients for beauty products
Monday, 4 April 2011, 10:49 am | sticK
The notion of 'natural' is becoming more and more important in the makeup/beauty world, and though earth 174° boasts is has no synthetically made chemicals, one other attribute is extremely important in appealing to potential customers. More >>
Probiotics' potential makes it medicine's next big thing
Friday, 1 April 2011, 11:55 am | sticK
Quite how probiotics works in humans, and how we can take advantage of increased knowledge of the role of such good bacteria is one of the big growth areas for medicine according to Gregor Reid. More >>
Professor opts out of probiotic commercialisation route
Wednesday, 30 March 2011, 8:50 am | sticK
In a world in which scientists are often encouraged to commercialise their research findings, there's something quite noble about Gregor Reid. More >>
Are there some new products in the business R&D pipeline?
Tuesday, 29 March 2011, 9:29 am | sticK
Kiwi angel investors pony up with more money in 2010
Monday, 28 March 2011, 10:11 am | sticK
Angel investors are increasingly seen as the first source of outside money for promising start ups; as with the rest of the world, venture capital funds become ever more difficult to source. More >>
Random points of interest from NZBio, two
Friday, 25 March 2011, 9:32 am | sticK
A second lot of interesting points - you know, the 'what did you learn' answers you give to people. More >>
Random points of interest from NZBio
Thursday, 24 March 2011, 9:59 am | sticK
Back from NZBio's annual conference, with a tonne of notes and not sure how to make them all make sense. More >>
NZ V.C. industry needs more money
Friday, 18 March 2011, 8:58 am | sticK
From what I gather, the NZ Venture Investment Fund needs more capital input to be able to continue backing seed and start up companies. More >>
Who keeps a real eye on the 'space' beyond R&D
Thursday, 17 March 2011, 10:33 am | sticK
Who keeps a real eye on the 'space' beyond R&D By Peter Kerr for sticK More >>
Key's only sharp arrow - as Minister of S&I
Tuesday, 15 March 2011, 10:07 am | sticK
OK, another reason John Key should take up as Minister of Science & Innovation - apart from it being the only sharp arrow in his quiver. More >>
New U.S. universities V.C. fund a model for New Zealand?
Monday, 14 March 2011, 9:57 am | sticK
The roles and abilities of universities to create and maintain start-ups is a challenge all over the world. More >>
John Key should play the one card he has up his sleeve ……
Friday, 11 March 2011, 11:38 am | sticK
If you were John Key playing cards, you'd have to feel you're holding onto a pretty crap hand at the moment. More >>
Start-up looks to become cloud crunching de facto standard
Thursday, 10 March 2011, 9:27 am | sticK
GreenButton wants to become the omnipresent, defacto standard for speeding up computer hungry tasks, using the vast distributed computing power of the internet. More >>
Quick high-tech sector review a precursor to R&D changes?
Wednesday, 9 March 2011, 10:41 am | sticK
So, the Ministry of Science & Innovation's conducting a review to see how research and development can provide better support to NZ's high-value manufacturing and services sector. More >>
Painless paying enables playing in the 'cloud'
Tuesday, 8 March 2011, 8:47 am | sticK
A desktop computer, or a bank of on-site servers can eventually carry out a large task. But many people aren't prepared to wait the hours, weeks or even months that some jobs could take; while simultaneously tying up that computer at the same time. More >>
